How do judges decide?
Subtitle: the search for fairness and justice in punishment
By: Cassia C. Spohn.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States; Punishment -- United States; Judicial process -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-329) and index.
Table of contents: title: The goals of sentencing; title: Sentencing options and the sentencing process; title: How do judges decide?; title: Sentencing disparity and discrimination; title: Sentencing disparity and discrimination; title: 30 years of sentencing reform; title: The impact of the sentencing reform movement.